Suarez expects Old Trafford hostility

LUIS Suarez is determined to put the race row with Manchester United’s Patrice Evra behind him, but is expecting an unpleasant welcome when Liverpool travel to Old Trafford this weekend.

Thursday, February 09, 2012
Suarez did not offer an apology to Evra after being slapped with an eight-match ban for being found guilty of racial abuse during a match at Anfield. Net photo.

LUIS Suarez is determined to put the race row with Manchester United’s Patrice Evra behind him, but is expecting an unpleasant welcome when Liverpool travel to Old Trafford this weekend.Suarez did not offer an apology to Evra after being slapped with an eight-match ban for being found guilty of racial abuse during a match at Anfield in October.Ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash in Manchester, Suarez claims he has now moved on from the incident and is ready to use any abuse he receives from the United faithful as fuel to boost Liverpool’s league position."I was not depressed at all [during suspension]. I knew what I did and there is a kind of football law that says ‘what happens on the pitch stays on the pitch and that’s the end of the story’,” Suarez told Uruguay’s Radio Sport 890."I know against Man United it is going to be tense because I’m going to face Evra. But I’m used to having fans whistle at me. I hope nothing unusual happens. I’ll have to forget what happened for that moment."I do know Man United fans are going to try to make me feel uncomfortable. But I have to tell them - they are going to spur me on if they whistle at me.”Meanwhile, PFA boss Gordon Taylor remains hopeful that a handshake will take place between Suarez and Evra in order to help ease tensions prior to the match."I would hope that would take place, that would be a sign that having gone through the situation that those two players would shake hands and we can move on,” Taylor told Sky Sports News.